Self-Management

Definition: Demonstrating self control and an ability to manage time and priorities.

Self-management is the ability to prioritize goals, decide what must be done, and be accountable to complete the necessary actions. Comprehensive self-management involves four realms: physical, mental, social, and spiritual. In the future, the need for quality self-management will increase, as more work will be done remotely, requiring leaders and employees to possess this valuable competency. This section will give you the resources needed to minimize distractions and time-wasters in order to complete high-quality work within a specified time frame.

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How Can I Contribute with a Disorganized Boss?

By Trish Candler • 13 min

TCL Faculty and Leadership Coach Trish Candler gives insight to an employee who has a disorganized boss but still wants to contribute to the growth of the company.

Start Your Leadership Journey with Personal Accountability

By Ron Price • 5 min read

Personal accountability is where most begin their leadership journey.

What Kind of Innovator Are You?

By Dr. Evans Baiya • 4 min read

Before you and your team begin the innovation process, you must understand what kind of innovator you are.

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Ideas to Get Better at Self-Management

Want to improve your Self-Management skills? Check out this graphic for a variety of ideas that you can start implementing right away to improve your score.

Nine Strategies for Being the Leader of You

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

Being a good leader of others starts with leading ourselves and yet, it’s still not a commonly discussed topic.

Four Ways to Intentionally Develop Your Leadership Abilities

By Ron Price • 4 min read

After all of the years that I’ve worked in leadership, there is one question that resurfaces again and again: Are leaders born or made?

5 Ways People Managers Can Become Innovation Champions

By Dr. Evans Baiya

How to help everyone find their role in creating innovation. Does this innovation challenge sound familiar?

Finding the Hidden Treasure in Every Employee

By Ron Price • 4 min read

As a leader, developing and coaching others is a necessary skill in my arsenal. Supporting professional growth in others, to me, feels like finding hidden treas

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How to Move Forward, Especially When You Don’t Feel Like It

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

Behaviors move you closer to what you want. We all know this. But what happens when you don’t feel like doing the thing that you promised yourself you’d do?

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Why Self-Objectivity Matters in the Workplace

By Mindy Bortness • 2 min read

One of the most difficult things to achieve in the workplace is gaining objectivity, especially when it comes to self. Every individual is saddled with years of

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How Are You Showing Up?

By Jalene Case • 4 min read

“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” You’ve no doubt heard this popular quote by Woody Allen. But I would add that how you show up matters.